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In virtual meet with MPs, Sonia Gandhi discusses Rajasthan crisis, COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday met with Rajya Sabha MPs of the party via video conferencing and discussed various issues including, the current political crisis in Rajasthan, COVID -19 pandemic and "government's mismanagement and incursion of
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West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra passes away
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 30 (ANI): West Bengal Congress President Somen Mitra passed away at a hospital in Kolkata on Thursday.
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Sachin Pilot congratulates Rajasthan Congress chief Dotasara
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing political turmoil in Rajasthan, Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday congratulated state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasara after he took charge of office earlier in the day.
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Case registered against MP Congress leaders for violating COVID norms
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 29 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh police on Tuesday registered a case against Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla, city Congress president Vinay Bakaliwal, and 29 other people in Indore after they protested against the city administration's COVID-19 guidelines.
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Karnataka Cong chief slams govt for curtailing chapters on Tipu Sultan, Hy
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 28 (ANI): Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Tuesday criticised BJP-led Karnataka government for limiting or omitting various topics including chapters on 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali.
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COVID-19: Kamal Nath writes to EC, suggests bypolls by using ballot papers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and state Congress president Kamal Nath wrote to the Election Commission, suggesting that the upcoming Assembly bypolls should be conducted using ballot papers in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
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DK Shivakumar urges Karnataka CM to waive all property taxes in urban loca
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Wednesday urged Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to waive all property taxes in urban local and rural panchayats for a period of one year as citizens are bearing a huge financial brunt of the C
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Govt has no right to stay in power: UP Cong chief
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 22 (ANI): Following the death of journalist Vikram Joshi who was shot at by miscreants for protesting against the harassment of his niece and died, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu on Wednesday said the state government had no right to s
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Goa govt failed to take scientific measures to contain COVID-19: Cong
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Margao (Goa) [India], July 22 (ANI): Attacking the BJP government in Goa, state Congress President Girish Chodankar has said that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has "lost control" on the administration and failed to take scientific measures to control the spread of coronavirus.
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Karnataka government should give account of money spent on migrants, food
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the state government should give details of the amount it spent on migrants and labourers during the coronavirus crisis if it is transparent.
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Giving beds used by COVID patients to Govt hostels is ridiculous, says Kar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 20 (ANI): The Karnataka Congress on Monday slammed the State government's decision to distribute beds used by COVID-19 patients to Government-run hostels and called it as a "ridiculous" decision.
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MLAs in Manesar resort moved out through 'secret door' when SOG team arriv
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 18 (ANI): Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra on Saturday claimed that Special Operations Group (SOG) team was made to wait by BJP government's Haryana Police until the MLAs inside the resort (in Manesar) were moved out.
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